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Do you like the name Olive?

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SpookyyPumpkinss · 01/10/2017 18:32

Or do you prefer Alice?

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GaucheCaviar · 01/10/2017 20:36

Olive is grim. Sorry. I do know an Olivette, which is cute.

PoisonousSmurf · 01/10/2017 20:30

Not Olive! Think of all the jokes that could be made up...

Do you like the name Olive?
WyfOfBathe · 01/10/2017 20:29

I prefer Alice (or Olivia).

Olive = food to me

Norugratsatall · 01/10/2017 20:29

DD1 is Olivia and gets called Olive all the time. I never used to like it but think it's kinda cute now.

Igottastartthinkingbee · 01/10/2017 20:24

Yes, love Olive!

DramaAlpaca · 01/10/2017 20:24

Love both Olive & Alice.

Fishcalledlola · 01/10/2017 20:23

Olive is really cute and I think it ages well.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/10/2017 20:22

I do like Olive, but prefer Alice.

PandaCat · 01/10/2017 20:16

I like Olive, but I do prefer Alice. My DD is called Alice though so I am biased.

sunshinestorm · 01/10/2017 19:44

I love Olive! Old-fashioned (in a good way) and far less common than Olivia or Alice

timeismovingon · 01/10/2017 19:42

No because it reminds me of Olive Oil and Popeye

euanthesheepiloveyou · 01/10/2017 19:39

I do. Much prefer it to Alice, which is just meh. And Olivia is way too popular. Olive is cool with some nice potential shortenings - Liv, Olly, Livvy...

MadisonAvenue · 01/10/2017 19:34

Not at all keen on it, although very slightly prefer it to Alice.

justnippingin · 01/10/2017 19:31

I like it, a lot!

FizzyGreenWater · 01/10/2017 19:29

No, not keen really. However I strongly dislike Alice too!

SilverLinings2014 · 01/10/2017 19:29

Love it. Although I'm biased as it's my DDs middle name.

MummyPenguin2 · 01/10/2017 19:28

I love Olive! I would have loved to call DD olive, but DH wasn't keen. Alice is a bit too overused now.

ScaryMonstersAndSuoerCreeps · 01/10/2017 19:24

This...... Sorry!!!

Do you like the name Olive?
Howsthings1234 · 01/10/2017 19:23

Love both names!

NuffSaidSam · 01/10/2017 19:23

Olive from On The Buses looks like what Olive from Little Miss Sunshine would like when she was grown up.

Tilapia · 01/10/2017 19:22

I love Olive - it was my grandmother's name. It's less common among babies than Alice (the ones I know anyway!).

NC4now · 01/10/2017 19:22

I think of Olive from On The Buses.

Do you like the name Olive?
pickleface · 01/10/2017 19:21

I LOVE olive to bits

NuffSaidSam · 01/10/2017 19:19

Olive always makes me think of the little girl from Little Miss Sunshine. I think that's why I like it so much. So cute.

Pemba · 01/10/2017 19:17

No Olive is not an attractive name. See stop's picture above. Olivia is nice, though.

Alice is lovely.

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